Since When

Born in Hong Kong, Chow Yiu-fai received his PhD degree at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam. Currently a Professor at the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing of Hong Kong Baptist University, Chow is also an award-winning writer. He released his first lyrics in 1989. Since then he has penned more than 1,000 lyrical works for a diversity of pop artists in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Lately, Chow has been increasingly involved in prose writing, multi-media and visual art projects.

Joyce Tang’s works have been described by Ablaze Records as “incisive and brilliant … a fresh compositional voice,” and have been premiered and performed worldwide. She has been exploring her voice by collaborating with artists in different disciplines, including visual arts, photography, literature, theatre, and dance.

She has attracted numerous commissions from musicians and performing groups. Her recent commissioned works include Double Exposure (for double string quartet) for Cong Quartet and Romer String Quartet, Blaze (for Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra), Silver Lining (for symphonic wind orchestra), Moon Shadow (for pipa and piano), Deep into the Stillness (for erhu and piano), Kinetic Metallics (for prepared vibraphone), (Im)pulses (for dancer and percussion quartet), Remembrance of the Stonewall Trees (for sheng), in time of daffodils (for choir and orchestra), site-specific works Flow Like Water and Sounds of Disappearance, and various theatrical music for AFTEC productions. Her works were published on Navona Records and Ablaze Records.

Joyce Tang was awarded an Asian Cultural Council fellowship in 2017. She also received a PhD in musicology at The University of Hong Kong. She is currently teaching at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

By kind permission of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to participate in this project

Solo Vocalist
iii, aka Iris Liu. She infuses classical with pop music, along with a touch of contemporary jazz. Ever since created her first song in high school, she has been actively pursuing her stage career. She was graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a major in music composition, and has been scoring for commercials and films, including Hand Rolled Cigarette and A Guilty Conscience. In 2020, iii released her music debuts of Vaguely and Disguise, which had gained positive feedback widely from local music critics as well as music charts. Her first album - EYE EYE EYE was released in 2021, with an album release concert held in Nov, 2021. Her latest song Thunderless was released in June, 2022, which cooperated with singer Chan Kin-on has gained her critical acclaim.

Born in 1988, Hong Kong. Chan Wai-lap received his Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Visual Communication from Birmingham City University in 2011. His works address the relationship between a public space, humanities and the artist’s own inner self.

His works has been included in solo and group exhibitions in various art institutions, including Let’s Try Catching Steam with Bare Hands (Gallery Exit, Hong Kong, 2021), The Lonesome Changing Room (Art Central, Hong Kong, 2021), I Will Always Be On Your Side (Tai Kwun Contemporary, 2020), I Cannot Wait For Three Months (halka sanat projesi, Istanbul, 2019), I say Marco, You say Polo (Fringe Club, Hong Kong, 2019; School of Visual Arts, New York, 2018), The Bacteriology Drawing Lab (Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong, 2019), Everything’s Alright (chi art space, Hong Kong, 2016) and Yesterday’s (Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, 2013). He awarded the Finalist of 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, the Finalist of 2021 Art Sanya Huayu Youth Award, the Professor Mayching Kao Arts Development Fund, Project Grant (Emerging Artists Scheme) from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and received The Award for Young Artist (Visual Arts) of Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2019.